"Can you produce 25 blog posts in one month? Sure, if you have a theme to
inspire you. So here’s the theme: write a memory or reflection for each
of the first 25 years of life. It can be a personal memoir from your
life, a reflection on turning a certain age, a recollection of someone
else at that age, a poem or a photo, on the ages 1 to 25.

For
example, on October 1st, you could write about something that happened
the year you were born, or about the birth of your child. You could do a
photo collage of your first year of life, or of babies. On October 2nd,
write about something that happened at age two to you or someone else.
If you write a poetry blog, compose a poem for each year of life up to
25. If you write a cooking blog, you could include recipes for healthy
baby food, snacks for toddlers, etc. A gardener could reminisce about
learning to love gardens at each age, or introducing the hobby to her
children as they grow, or suggest gardening ideas for the various ages.
Photographers can capture each year in photos. This will work with any
type of blog, and you can experiment with different media or genres in
your own posts. Br inventive - surprise us, delight us, inspire us, make
us laugh, make us cry. Try something different every day or stick to
one format and focus on content – anything goes as long as you blog
about ages 1-25.

For those who write fiction, this
is a good way to troll your past experiences for great story ideas. Or
write your blog from the point of view of one of your characters (or a
character from your favorite novel) recalling an experience from his or
her past – great for fan fiction, character development or
experimenting with backstory. If you’re participating in NaNoWriMo, this
will be a good warm-up as you hear your characters reminisce in their
own voices.

Skip a day if you have to, but try not
to skip an age – and please blog the ages in order – that way we can see
what others did with the same age we’ve just posted about. If you don’t
finish it’ll still be fun as far as you get, and if you have to skip a
day, that’s okay. There are 31 days to complete this in. "

So gear up for this fun writing challenge and have your life flash before your eyes.

Current Inspiration

Alias Soundtrack

Posted: 3/13/2016

Comments:As I've been building towards the climax of my religious thriller, I happened across the motorcycle/car chase scene. This scene has a very James Bond flavor and takes place in the city of Jerusalem.

What's the best background noise for such writing? The Alias Soundtrack!

It's got a funky techno beat mixed in with a tempo on steroids. It made writing this scene a blast and carried over the action as the story crossed over into Iraq.